My daughter has a roommate, so she is lucky because some students backed out at the last minute. When I went to college, you left your door open, you walked by, you met your neighbors. She said it’s quiet, she wasn’t even sure if anybody else lives on her floor. These kids are having trouble meeting each other because they’re afraid to stop by each other’s rooms. Some kids are putting their social media information on their doors, so they can connect online and then meet up outside on the quad.

I’m in a parent’s group for a particular set of dorms. We check in and ask how each other’s kids are doing, we try to find out who’s lonely and who is not. Then I tell my daughter, “Hey, there’s a girl two doors down from you, and she’s by herself.” So she’ll go over there and befriend her, she’s one of those kids that will do that.

When we dropped her off, we saw lots of kids walking around campus. Everybody wore masks and was distancing. I thought everybody was being very respectful. They’ve put in three big testing facilities on campus. They’re picking up their lunch at the cafeteria, eating outside. They are really trying hard to make it work.